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Expected to compete in sprint freestyle events for the second consecutive season as a sophomore in 2017-18.

2016-17: Named a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Scholar-Athlete … participated in the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle, 100-yard butterfly and 400-yard IM … named Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Rookie of the Week on January 25 after being a double-winner during 120.5-84.5 victory against Edinboro … edged out a victory in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:00.67, beating the second-place finisher by six one-hundredths of a second …  earned her second title by swimming the third leg for Gannon's winning 200-yard freestyle relay team (1:41.09) … captured five individual titles overall … won two individual events against Bloomsburg and Tiffin … finished first in the 50-yard freestyle (25.42)  and 100-yard freestyle (55.33) against Bloomsburg … was the best in the 50-yard freestyle (25.50) and 100-yard butterfly (1:00.15) at Tiffin … recorded 10 PSAC-qualifying times in three different events … met conference standards every time she swam the 50-yard freestyle (eight times), 100-yard freestyle (five times) and 100-yard butterfly (seven times) … produced eight top-three finishes … had runner-up finishes in the 50-yard freestyle (25.60) against Edinboro and 100-yard butterfly (1:01.47) at the Erie Cup … generated her season-best times in the 50-yard freestyle (24.77), 100-yard freestyle (53.97) and 100-yard butterfly (1:00.05) at the PSAC Championships … competed with the 200-yard freestyle, 400-yard freestyle, 800-yard freestyle, 200-yard medley, 400-yard medley, 500-yard freestyle and 3X100-yard butterfly relay teams … was part of eight relay titles … swam the anchor leg for the winning 200-yard freestyle relay team against Bloomsburg (1:41.62) and Canisius (1:41.76) … added a third 200-yard freestyle relay team gold medal when she swam the third leg against Edinboro (1:41.09) … helped her 200-yard freestyle relay team finish among the top two six times during her seven appearances … was part of winning 400-yard freestyle relay teams at the Wooster Invitational (3:33.82) and Erie Cup (3:42.81) … raised her hand twice as part of winning 400-yard medley relay teams at the Wooster Invitational (3:57.27) and Tiffin (4:11.33) … added a final relay title by swimming the anchor leg in the 500-yard freestyle at the Westminster Relay Meet (4:55.80) … was part of relay teams that finished first or second 15 times … helped relay teams generate their season-best times in the 200-yard freestyle (1:36.77), 400-yard freestyle (3:33.78), 800-yard freestyle (7:55.02) and 400-yard medley (3:56.67) at the PSAC Championships.

High School: Swam for head coach Cynthia Lusk at Independence (Ohio) High School … broke program records in the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 500-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke, 100-yard butterfly and 200-yard IM … was a four-time team MVP … earned all-conference accolades twice … secured All-Ohio honors with a 13th-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle at the state championships … became the first swimmer at Independence to qualify for the state championships in 97 years … helped Independence qualify for the district and state championships as a team … graduated in the top 10 percent of her senior class … named to the honor roll … was a member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Nursing major … is the daughter of Sheila and Steve … has one sister and one brother … is a member of the honors program, Social Work Club, Habitat for Humanity and Art Club at Gannon.

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